Self-loading firearm with components to push fire

ABSTRACT

The current invention discloses a semi-automatic firearm which has two sections which can move independently of each other in opposite directions, in line with the barrel. One section contains the barrel and a trigger that can be pushed forward to activate the gun. The second section contains a trigger activator such as a rod, edge, or object or it positions or supports a body part as the activator such as a finger or thumb and may contain a hand grip or shoulder stock for support and/or leverage. A shooter holds the firearm up using up to two hands and optionally shouldering it for support and aims to shoot. Once the activator object or body part pushes into the push activated trigger, it activates the next step in the firing sequence of the self-loading firearm such as the release of a hammer, striker, or other object or impulse that ultimately causes the cartridge or round in the gun to be fired. Once fired, the self-loading gun cycles, typically ejecting the used case, and resetting the internal mechanisms.

BACKGROUND Field of the Disclosure

Examples of the present disclosure are related to semi-automaticfirearms and/or accessories for semi-automatic firearms including a newfirearm system and/or conversions of existing firearms to the system.

Background

Firearms are a common tool in America for self-defense, hunting, andrecreation. Self-loading firearms are particularly useful in defense ofone's life because, as opposed to single shot or manually reloadedfirearms, it allows more shots to be made in less time greatlyincreasing the opportunity for the defender to stop a threat.Self-loading firearms are very useful for other lawful purposes as well.Disabled persons may not have the required body parts or dexterity topull a trigger but wish to be able to use a firearm for self-defense andlawful purposes. Or, disabled persons, may have one arm and hand withnormal dexterity, but lack a second hand capable of supporting a largerfirearm designed for two handed use, but they would still like thebenefit of being able to comfortably support and fire such firearms. Or,fully able-bodied users may wish to use a self-loading firearm in a waythat can increase their rate of fire in lawful situations such asself-defense where the increased rate of fire is beneficial orpotentially life-saving for the users. Some ordinary triggers can havepull weights requiring 5 to 12 pounds of force to activate the triggerin order to fire the firearm. These forces are small for the strongermuscles of the arms and torso, but can be burdensome, prohibitive, orpainful for disabled persons with low dexterity in their hands ormissing one or more fingers or hands. Current triggers and operatingmechanisms do not allow for the user to use the stronger muscles oftheir body to activate the trigger or fire hand held self-loadingfirearms.

Current semi-automatics firearms largely use a trigger that is pulledwith a single finger to fire the gun, requiring fine motor skills. Apushing movement would utilize gross motor skills requiring less finemotor skills, benefitting disabled shooters and increasing a person'sability to more quickly fire a self-loading gun. Slam fire guns existthat are usually rudimentary firearms consisting of two parts where around of ammunition is manually loaded into the front half of thefirearm containing a barrel and chamber, and a second half of thefirearm containing a firing pin slides over the first half and isslammed into the round striking the primer and firing it. Such weaponsare not self-loading making them poorly suited for self-defense. Somefirearms are fired using a paddle like trigger that is pushed with thethumb(s), somewhat similar to an embodiment of this invention, wherewhile holding nearby grips for control with the other fingers from therear of the firearm, the thumbs can be pushed into a trigger. Suchfirearms as a M2 Browning machine gun are usually heavy and mounted on astand in front of the shooter where the trigger and/or grip is at therear far end of the gun. These trigger systems and their host firearmsstill require a good degree of fine motor skills, and are ill suited forportability such as firing while carrying the gun without mechanicalsupports or mounts.

Slidefire Solutions markets a patented system where two sections of thegun are pulled away from each other and a finger held on a ledge pullsthe trigger designed to facilitate an almost automatic like bump firesequence of firing. This invention works in the opposite directionallowing the user to push into the trigger rather than pull which is animportant distinction because pushing allows for firing with the largermore capable muscles of the body, and this invention is not designed tobump fire, where the recoil impulses here are the opposite directionneeded to aid in bump firing. That distinct difference allows forcontrolled firing of the self-loading firearm where each shot must beintentional. A company, Ironhorse Arms, may have filed a patentapplication on a trigger operated by a thumb for an AR-15 style offirearm. Their trigger is a paddle not unlike that of the Browning M2Machine Gun that is positioned inside of the grip and is positionedinside of the grip in the center of the gun and in line with the barrel.Thumb paddle triggers aren't new. Our thumb triggers are designed to bepositioned where the user's thumb would normally lie when firing aconventional pull trigger, that is, off to the side of the grip wherethe thumb of the shooting hands starts to wrap around the grip allowingfor a stronger grip and ease of converting existing firearms.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The firearm has two sections or has been modified to have two sectionsthat can move independently of each other in opposite directions, inline with the barrel. One section contains the barrel and a trigger thatcan be pushed forward to activate the gun. The second section contains atrigger activating rod, edge, or object or it positions or supports abody part such as a finger or thumb and may contain a hand grip orshoulder stock for support and/or leverage. A shooter holds the firearmup using up to two hands and optionally shouldering it for support andaims to shoot. The front portion of the gun is held steady by a shooterssupport arm or rested in place on a ledge, surface, or mount. Theshooter then uses their shoulder or hand to push the second sectionforward relative to the first. If the shooter is using a triggeractivating device in the second section, as the second section moves inthe direction of the first, the second section drives the triggeractivator into the push activated trigger. If the shooter is using theirfinger, thumb, other body part in lieu of a mechanical triggeractivator, the body part can rest still on a ledge or support around thegrip, and as the second section is pushed into the first, the body partis pushed into the push activated trigger without a need for anindependent movement of that same finger, thumb, or body part. When theactivator object or body part pushes into the push activated trigger, itactivates the next step in the firing sequence of the self-loadingfirearm such as the release of a hammer, striker, or other object orimpulse that ultimately causes the cartridge or round in the gun to befired. Once fired, the self-loading gun cycles, typically ejecting theused ammunition, resetting internal mechanisms of the trigger, andloading a new round of ammunition to be fired. When the shooter retractsthe first and second portions of the firearm from each other, thetrigger will return to its starting position under spring pressure andthe firearm is ready to be fired again, assuming a new round waschambered, with a new push of the second part into the first.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the present embodimentsare described with reference to the following FIGURES wherein likereference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various viewsunless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a left side view of an example of a firearm receiver that canbe used with the invention, with no innovations. It is also assembledwith a receiver extension, or stock frame, and a hand grip for theshooting hand where: (1) is a front receiver take down pin hole; (2) isa hammer pin hole; (3) is a safety installation hole; (4) is a rearreceiver take down pin hole; (5) is a stock frame or receiver extensiontube; (6) is a trigger pin hole; (7) is the rear trigger guardinstallation pin hole; and (8) is a hand grip.

FIG. 2 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 1 viewed from behind andfrom the bottom right, and with the receiver extension and hand gripremoved and the grip screw visible used to secure grip to receiverwhere: (9) is the receiver extension tower structure; (10) is aremoveable grip screw; (11) is an opening in the receiver so the levercan be exposed outside of the receiver; and (12) is a front triggerguard installation catch hole.

FIG. 3 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 1 viewed from behind andfrom the bottom left, but with a removeable trigger guard visible and nogrip or grip screw where: (13) is a removeable trigger guard; and (14)is the threaded grip screw hole.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a sample hammer, from the front andbottom left, with no innovations, for reference.

FIG. 5 is an alternate orthogonal view of the hammer, FIG. 4, from theleft side.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sample disconnector, viewed from theleft side, with no innovations, for reference where: (15) is adisconnector lever surface; and (16) is a disconnector spring face.

FIG. 7 is an alternate perspective view of the disconnector, FIG. 6,from behind and upper left side.

FIG. 8 is a sample trigger, viewed from the top, with no innovations, asa reference where (17) is a disconnector channel and (18) is adisconnector spring hole.

FIG. 9 is an alternate orthogonal view of the trigger, FIG. 8, from theleft side.

FIG. 10 is an alternate perspective view of the trigger, FIG. 8, frombehind and upper left side where (19) is a curved cam surface.

FIG. 11 is a sample safety, viewed from the top, with no innovations, asa reference where (20) is a smooth cylindrical surface that rests in thesafety hole on the right side of receiver and (21) is a smoothcylindrical surface like (20) for the left side of the receiver.

FIG. 12 is an alternate perspective view of the safety, FIG. 11, frombehind and lower left side where (22) is a lever attached to the safetyto assist rotating the safety and (23) is a flat disk the lever attachesto and prevents over insertion of the safety in receiver.

FIG. 13 is an alternate orthogonal view of the safety, FIG. 11, from theleft side.

FIG. 14 is an assembled view of the hammer, disconnector, trigger andsafety, FIGS. 4, 6, 8, and 11, viewed from the left side, known as afire control group. The view shows a trigger held in place by the hammerin that position where: (24) is the hammer face; (25) is a hammer todisconnector hook face; (26) is a disconnector to hammer hook face; (28)is a trigger sear face; and (27) is a hammer lock face.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the fire control group of FIG. 14viewed from the front.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the relationship of the trigger sear tothe hammer, taken from the marked circular section of FIG. 14.

FIG. 17 depicts the fire control group, FIG. 14, in its new positionwith trigger rotated counter clockwise unlocking the hammer to movefreely clockwise.

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the relationship of the trigger sear tothe hammer, taken from the marked circular section of FIG. 17.

FIG. 19 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 17, viewed from the topleft.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a push trigger, viewed from the bottomleft, that would rotate clockwise in relation to the hole on the sideshown that would be pushed towards barrel and has a horned hook lever topull down on a separate trigger bar, FIG. 25.

FIG. 21 is an alternate orthogonal view of FIG. 20, left side view where(29) is a horned hook and (30) is a push face.

FIG. 22 is an orthogonal view of a novel trigger guard, viewed from leftside, with three pin holes, that acts as a removeable frame to attach apush trigger like FIG. 20, that could be aligned with the top pin holeshown here where (31) is push trigger pin hole.

FIG. 23 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 22, viewed from thebottom left. A slot for a push trigger, FIG. 20, is visible at the topwhere (32) are trigger guard pin hole tines.

FIG. 24 is an assembled view of the novel trigger guard and conventionalreceiver, FIG. 23 and part of FIG. 1, shown from left side.

FIG. 25 is an orthogonal view of a novel trigger bar that the horn ofthe push trigger, FIG. 20, is inserted into, viewed from the left side.It rotates in a limited arc about the circular axis shown.

FIG. 26 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 25, viewed from the topleft. The cavity for the horn of FIG. 20 is visible in its front bottomwhere (33) is a transfer bar's push trigger hook insertion cavity.

FIG. 27 is an assembled view of FIGS. 5, 6, 20, and 25, orthogonal viewfrom left side. The push trigger is inserted into the trigger bar, whichin this position is blocking the hammer from moving.

FIG. 28 is an enlarged view of the trigger bar and hammer relationshiptaken from the marked circular section of FIG. 27.

FIG. 29 is an alternate assembled view of FIG. 27, viewed from leftside, where the push trigger has been pushed forward, pulling thetrigger bar downwards to a position where the hammer is unlocked formovement.

FIG. 30 is an enlarged view of FIG. 29, taken from the marked circularsection.

FIG. 31 is an orthogonal view, from left side, of an alternative type ofpush trigger from FIG. 20 where the push face is flat.

FIG. 32 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 31, viewed from the topleft.

FIG. 33 is an alternate perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 27,viewed from the bottom left.

FIG. 34 is an assembled view, from left side, of the push trigger,trigger bar, disconnector, and hammer of the assembly in FIG. 27, placedinto the receiver shown in FIG. 1, and attached to the removeabletrigger guard, FIG. 22 which is also attached to the receiver.

FIG. 35 is an orthogonal view of an example of a push trigger that moveslinearly forwards and backwards instead of being rotated like FIG. 20.This example also has a hook made to interact with a separate triggerbar. Viewed from left side where: (34) is a pull-down cam surface; (35)is a cammed push up surface; (36) is a flat push face; (37) is a slottedpin hole; and (38) is a flat slide surface.

FIG. 36 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 36, viewed from frontbottom.

FIG. 37 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 36, viewed from backbottom.

FIG. 38 is an assembled view of FIGS. 5, 6, 35, and 45, orthogonal viewfrom left side. The push trigger is inserted into the trigger bar, whichin this position is blocking the hammer from moving.

FIG. 39 is an enlarged view of FIG. 38, taken from the marked circularsection, showing the trigger bar locking the hammer from freelyrotating.

FIG. 40 is an orthogonal view of the left side of an example of atrigger bar designed to worth with a push trigger like FIG. 35 where(39) is a cammed pull down surface and (40) is a cammed push up surface.

FIG. 41 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 40 taken from the topleft.

FIG. 42 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 40 taken from thebottom left.

FIG. 43 is an alternate of the orthogonal view of the assembly in FIG.38 depicting a change of position of some parts. The push trigger, FIG.35, has been pushed linearly forward enough that it's hook has pulledthe trigger bar down far enough that the hammer has been has beenunlocked for movement.

FIG. 44 is an enlarged view of FIG. 43, taken from the marked circularsection, showing the trigger bar rotated downward enough for the hammerto be unlocked for movement.

FIG. 45 is an orthogonal view of the left side of a pad that can beplaced on the push side face of the push trigger, FIG. 35, that wouldmake pushing with top part of finger more comfortable where (41) Thepads could have an adhesive backing.

FIG. 46 is an alternate orthogonal of FIG. 45, taken from back side(cushioned side).

FIG. 47 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 45, taken from theback, left, bottom.

FIG. 48 is an assembled view of FIGS. 35 and 45, the pad being placed onthe push trigger's push face. Left side orthogonal view.

FIG. 49 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 48, taken from back,left, bottom.

FIG. 50 is an alternate perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 38,taken from front, left, bottom.

FIG. 51 is an alternate perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 43,taken from front, left, bottom.

FIG. 52 is an orthogonal view, from left side, of an assembly of theFIG. 1 receiver assembly, sans hand grip, assembled with the firecontrol group assembly of FIG. 27 and the removeable trigger guard frameof FIG. 22.

FIG. 53 is an orthogonal view from left side of an example of a SlamGrip that can be placed on a gun and that slides linearly forwards andbackwards.

FIG. 54 is an orthogonal view from left side of an example of a UnifiedSlam Stock Body, shown as a permanently attached assembly of a SlamGrip, FIG. 53, and a Slam Stock, FIG. 56, that can slide linearlybackwards and forwards in relation to the rest of the gun and has anopening to mate with and slide on a stock frame or receiver extensionwhere (42) is a lock lug protruding outside of slam stock body.

FIG. 55 is a perspective view of FIG. 53 from the top front left. Aninternal rail is visible on right side of inside of grip where (43) isan internal female rail.

FIG. 56 is an orthogonal view from left side of an example of a SlamStock that could be part of the Unified Slam Stock body FIG. 54.

FIG. 57 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 56 taken from thebottom left rear. Two identical lugs from the left and right sidesbecome visible at this angle that could be used to limit front/backlinear movement of the Unified Slam Stock body.

FIG. 58 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 57 taken from the topleft front. An opening to mate with and slide on a stock frame isvisible where (44) is an opening for mounting sliding over stock frame.

FIG. 59 is an orthogonal view from front of an example of a railed gripplug. The Slam Grip, FIG. 53, or grip of Unified Slam Stock, FIG. 54could mate with and slide on these rails to lock in linear onlymovement. Shown here assembled with an exposed grip screw protrudingthrough an opening towards top front from the bottom rear where (45) isa rail slide and (46) is a slot in the grip plug.

FIG. 60 is an alternate orthogonal view of FIG. 59 from left side.

FIG. 61 is an alternate orthogonal view of FIG. 59 from back side.

FIG. 62 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 59 from front leftbottom (47) is a grip screw hole.

FIG. 63 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 59 from front left top.

FIG. 64 is an alternate orthogonal view of FIG. 59, sans grip screw,from the front.

FIG. 65 is a sectional view, as marked by split line, of FIG. 64 showingthe inside pocket of the grip and the through way for the grip screw.

FIG. 66 is an alternate orthogonal view of FIG. 64.

FIG. 67 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 64, from front topleft.

FIG. 68 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 64 from back bottomleft.

FIG. 69 is a perspective view of an assembly of a possible type of slamstock limiting device viewed from the top back top left. This assemblyshows bottom and top half bodies of a clamp meant wrap around a stockbody and be held in place together around a stock frame or receiverextension by screws and with two round bar hooks that can be adjustedand slide through holes in the bottom half of the clamp and then held inplace by tightening screws against, where the hooks could wrap aroundthe lugs of the slam stock body visible in FIG. 57 to limit rearwardtravel of slam stock where (48) is the flat front surface of the limiterclamp and (49) is a hook for the limiter clamp.

FIG. 70 is an alternate orthogonal view, from the left side, of theassembly of FIG. 69.

FIG. 71 is an alternate perspective view, from the front bottom left, ofthe assembly of FIG. 69.

FIG. 72 is a perspective view, from front top left, of an assembly of astripped receiver with railed grip plug assembly of FIG. 59 attached.Shows how rails can protrude out from side profile of receiver formating with internal rails of slam grip, FIG. 55.

FIG. 73 is an alternate perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 72.

FIG. 74 is a orthogonal view of a stripped receiver from left side withno additional parts attached.

FIG. 75 is a perspective view from the front top left of an assemblycomposed of the parts and assemblies of FIGS. 52-74.

FIG. 76 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 53 from the front topright, and rotated towards the front about a quarter turn where (50) ishollowed out internal pocket.

FIG. 77 is an orthogonal view from the left side of an assembly of aslam grip and railed grip plug, FIGS. 53 and 64.

FIG. 78 is an alternate perspective view of FIG. 53 from the front topleft where (51) is a finger rest ledge.

FIG. 79 is an alternate orthogonal view of FIG. 53 from the top.

FIG. 80 is an alternate perspective view from the front left of FIG. 53,also rotated slightly down towards it's left side and around towardsit's right side.

FIG. 81 is an alternate orthogonal view of the Slam Grip, FIG. 53, andmarks the section view of FIG. 81.

FIG. 82 is an orthogonal sectional view as marked by dotted line in FIG.79.

FIG. 83 is an alternative perspective view of the sectional view of FIG.80.

FIG. 84 is an alternative view with same orientation as FIG. 83 butsection not present.

FIG. 85 is an orthographic view, from the front of a slam stock body. Asection is marked for FIG. 86.

FIG. 86 is an alternative orthographic sectional view of FIG. 85, viewedfrom the left.

FIG. 87 is an alternative perspective view of FIG. 85, viewed from thefront left bottom where (52) is a t-spine shape as the front surface ofa slam stock body.

FIG. 88 is an alternative perspective view of FIG. 85, viewed from theleft top back.

FIG. 89 is another alternative perspective view of FIG. 85, viewed fromthe left top back.

FIG. 90 is an orthographic left side view of an assembly of a unifiedslam stock body, the clamp on limiter with hooks assembly attached toreceiver extension tube consisting of FIGS. 54, 69, and a receiverextension tube.

FIG. 91 is an alternative orthographic view of the assembly of FIG. 90viewed from the left top front.

FIG. 92 is an alternative orthographic view of the assembly of FIG. 90viewed from the left bottom rear.

FIG. 93 is an orthographic view from the left side of an assembly of aclamp on limiter that consists of a bottom and top half clamp pieces andscrews for tightening the clamp on the top and set screws for the hookson the bottom.

FIG. 94 is an alternative orthographic view from the rear of theassembly of FIG. 93 where (53) is a through hole for the hooks that areinserted in the hooked clamp on limiter system.

FIG. 95 is an alternative perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 93viewed from the front left bottom.

FIG. 96 is an alternative perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 93viewed from the top left rear where (54) is the back face of the limiterclamp that blocks the stock's forward movement.

FIG. 97 is an orthographic top view of an assembly of the clamp limiterfrom FIG. 69 and mounted on a receiver extension tube.

FIG. 98 is an alternative perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 97viewed from the front top left.

FIG. 99 is an alternative orthographic view from the left side of theassembly of FIG. 97 where (55) is an inside contact surface for thelimiting hook.

FIG. 100 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofFIG. 97.

FIG. 101 is an alternative orthographic view from the top of FIG. 72that is marked for the sectional view of FIG. 103.

FIG. 102 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom of FIG. 72with the front facing to the right.

FIG. 103 is an orthographic sectional view of the left side from themarked section in FIG. 101 with the detail section marked for FIG. 105.

FIG. 104 is an orthographic sectional view of the right side from themarked section in FIG. 101 with the detail section marked for FIG. 106.

FIG. 105 is a detailed view the from section marked in FIG. 103 where(56) is a cylindrical cavity that houses the buffer detent.

FIG. 106 is a detailed view from the section marked in FIG. 104 where(57) is a two section through hole for the safety detent.

FIG. 107 is an alternative perspective view of FIG. 97 viewed from thetop with a small angle showing a shallow portion of the front and rightsides.

FIG. 108 is an alternative perspective view of FIG. 97 viewed from theback right bottom.

FIG. 109 is an alternative orthographic view from the left of FIG. 11.

FIG. 110 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom leftof FIG. 11 where (58) is a detent cam travel path; (59) is a femaledomed stop for the detent; and (60) is a flat surface cut across thesafety allowing trigger to move or not depending on orientation.

FIG. 111 is an alternative orthographic view from the front of FIG. 11.

FIG. 112 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom of FIG. 11.

FIG. 113 is a safety detent, shaded to show cylindrical shape, viewedfrom the side.

FIG. 114 is an alternative perspective view of the side from the top ofFIG. 113.

FIG. 115 is an alternative perspective view of the side from the bottomof FIG. 113.

FIG. 116 is an alternative unshaded view of FIG. 113.

FIG. 117 is a side view of the buffer detent spring.

FIG. 118 is a side view of an assembly of the buffer detent and it'sspring where: (61) is the top surface of the buffer detent; (62) is thepin stop of the buffer detent that prevents rotation of the receiverextension tube; and (63) is the buffer detent spring.

FIG. 119 is a perspective view of the side of the buffer detent from thetop.

FIG. 120 is an alternate perspective view of the side of FIG. 119 fromthe bottom where (64) is an opening into the buffer detent for thespring to be inserted in.

FIG. 121 is a shaded alternative orthographic view of the side of FIG.119 with a wireframe marking of the inside opening for the spring (64).

FIG. 122 is an orthographic side view of a slam receiver designed forthe slam fire system and its components where: (65) is an opening for aslide lock that goes through both sides of the receiver; (66) is arecessed track for the slide lugs of a slam grip; and (67) is aninsertion channel or opening on the left side of the trigger guard forpositioning a slam grip.

FIG. 123 is an alternative orthographic view from the right side of FIG.122 where: (68) is a flat sliding surface that slides on a correspondingsurface of a slam grip; (69) is an opening on the right side of thetrigger guard for positioning a slam grip; (70) is the trigger guardarea; and (71) is a trigger guard.

FIG. 124 is an alternative orthographic view from the top of FIG. 122.

FIG. 125 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom of FIG. 122where (72) is the safety detent hole for the slam receiver.

FIG. 126 is an alternative orthographic view from the back of FIG. 122where (73) is the slide lock detent installation channel.

FIG. 127 is an alternative perspective view from the back right bottomof FIG. 122 where (74) is an insertion channel for the tail on a slamgrip

FIG. 128 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofFIG. 122 where (75) is a catch cavity in the receiver that the slam gripis inserted into and (76) is the grip area surface of the slam receiverthat is a male fit into the hollow inside pocket of a slam grip.

FIG. 129 is a perspective view from the front top left side of a slamgrip designed specifically for a slam receiver where: (77) is a catchtower that rises above the rest of the grip and is a male fit with thecatch cavity of the receiver; (78) is a slim spine on the back of thegrip that fits through the slam receiver's insertion channel; (79) is arounded vertical catch surface that limits rearward travel in the slamreceiver; (80) is a vertical front catch surface on the left side of thegrip to limit travel in the catch cavity; (81) is a slide lug on thegrip, one of two on either side; (82) is the hollow pocket in the gripthat is a female fit with the grip area surfaces of the receiver; and(83) is a vertical front catch surface on the right side of the grip tolimit travel in the catch cavity.

FIG. 130 is an alternative orthographic view from the left side of FIG.122.

FIG. 131 is an orthographic side view of the left side of slam firereceiver extension tube

FIG. 132 is a perspective view of an assembly of the push fire fcgassembly of FIG. 38 with pad of FIG. 45, safety of FIG. 11, the receiverextension of FIG. 131, a slam receiver's unified slam stock bodyincluding the grip of FIG. 129 and a slam stock, a slide lock, and alimit adjustment clamp where (84) is a slam receiver's slam stock body.

FIG. 133 is an alternative orthographic view from the front side of FIG.129. It also marks the sections for FIGS. 134 and 135.

FIG. 134 is a section orthographic view from the right side of FIG. 129as marked in FIG. 133 down the center of the grip.

FIG. 135 is a section orthographic view from the left side of FIG. 129as marked in FIG. 133 down the center of the grip.

FIG. 136 is a sectional alternative perspective view from the front topleft of FIG. 129 and projected from the section of FIG. 134 where (85)Is a flat sliding surface on the right side of the slam grip thatcorresponds to a flat horizontal surface on the slam receivers griparea.

FIG. 137 is an alternative orthographic view from the top of FIG. 129.

FIG. 138 is a sectional alternative perspective view from the front topright of FIG. 129 and projected from the section of FIG. 135.

FIG. 139 is an orthographic side view of an arrangement of how the twosafety detents and detent spring could fit in a slam receiver's safetyslot where: (86) is a safety facing detent; (87) is a detent spring; and(88) is bottom facing detent.

FIG. 140 is an orthographic view from the left side of an arrangement ofthe slide lock detent and it's spring where (89) is a slide lock detentspring exerting pressure to the rearward and (90) is a slide lockdetent.

FIG. 141 is a side view of an elongated buffer detent for the slamreceiver.

FIG. 142 is a perspective view of an assembly of the elongated bufferdetent, FIG. 141, and a buffer detent spring with the side and bottomvisible.

FIG. 143 is a perspective view from the front top left side of a safetylock in its released position.

FIG. 144 is an alternative orthographic view from the top of FIG. 143.

FIG. 145 is an alternative perspective view from the back top left ofFIG. 143.

FIG. 146 is an alternative orthographic view from the front of FIG. 143where (91) Is a detent cam travel pathway around the safety lock forchanging positions and (92) is a female domed cam point for the slidelock detent.

FIG. 147 is an alternative orthographic view from the left of FIG. 143.

FIG. 148 is an alternative orthographic view from the back of FIG. 143where (93) is a catch release ledge on left side that when rotatedblocks or moves clear of the vertical front catch surfaces on a slamgrip; (94) is a catch release ledge on right side; and (95) is a bufferdetent channel that wraps 270 degrees around slide lock.

FIG. 149 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom leftof FIG. 143.

FIG. 150 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom of FIG.143.

FIG. 151 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofFIG. 143.

FIG. 152 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom of FIG. 122where the front of the fire is on the right side of image. sections aremarked here for FIGS. 153 and 155.

FIG. 153 is a sectional alternative orthographic view from the right ofFIG. 152 from a mark on FIG. 152.

FIG. 154 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom rightof FIG. 153 including section where: (96) is a round and vertical malecatch surfaces that mates with a corresponding vertical surface of aslam grip to limit forward movement.

FIG. 155 is a sectional alternative orthographic view from the left sideof FIG. 122 from a mark on FIG. 152 where the front of the fire is onleft side of image where (97) is a vertically catch surface, facingrearward that blocks any further forward movement of the slam grip.

FIG. 156 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom leftof FIG. 155 including section.

FIG. 157 is an alternative orthographic view from the back of FIG. 122.A section is marked here for FIG. 158.

FIG. 158 is a sectional alternative orthographic view from the rightside of FIG. 122 from a mark on FIG. 157.

FIG. 159 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom leftof FIG. 155 including section where (98) is the top of the slamreceivers buffer detent channel and (99) is the bottom of the slamreceivers buffer detent channel.

FIG. 160 is a front view of a slam stock body for a slam receiver andslam grip.

FIG. 161 is an alternative perspective view from the front top left ofFIG. 161 where (100) is an opening through to the back of the stock thatwraps around stock frame or receiver extension and (101) is one ofseveral ribs running the length of the stock opening front to back.

FIG. 162 is an alternative orthographic view from the left of FIG. 160.

FIG. 163 is an alternative orthographic view from the back of FIG. 160.

FIG. 164 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofFIG. 160.

FIG. 165 is a perspective view from the back bottom left of a blockingclamp that goes on a receiver extension like FIG. 131.

FIG. 166 is an alternative orthographic view from the left of FIG. 165.

FIG. 167 is an alternative orthographic view from the front of FIG. 165.

FIG. 168 is an alternative perspective view from the front top left ofFIG. 165.

FIG. 169 is an orthographic view from the left of an assembly of a slamreceiver, a slam grip body, receiver extension tube, slide lock, slamstock body, and block clamp from FIGS. 122, 129, 131, 143, 160, and 165.

FIG. 170 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom leftof the assembly of FIG. 169.

FIG. 171 is an alternative perspective view from the back top left ofthe assembly of FIG. 169.

FIG. 172 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom of theassembly of FIG. 132 and contains a mark for a section in FIG. 176.

FIG. 173 is an alternative orthographic view from the back of theassembly of FIG. 132 and contains a mark down the middle for a sectionin FIG. 177 and another mark for a section in FIG. 174.

FIG. 174 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom leftof the assembly of FIG. 132 and showing a section that was marked leftof center in FIG. 173.

FIG. 175 is an alternative perspective view from the front top left ofthe assembly FIG. 132.

FIG. 176 is an alternative perspective view from the top right of theassembly of FIG. 132 and showing a section that was marked in FIG. 172.

FIG. 177 is an alternative perspective view from the front top left ofthe assembly of FIG. 132 and showing a section that was marked in FIG.173.

FIG. 178 is an orthographic view from the front side of a slam gripstabilizer body.

FIG. 179 is an alternative orthographic view from the left of FIG. 178.

FIG. 180 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofFIG. 178.

FIG. 181 is a perspective view from the front top left side of anassembly of an object activatable slam grip body and slam gripstabilizer body from FIGS. 178 and 182.

FIG. 182 is an orthographic view from the top side of an objectactivatable slam grip body.

FIG. 183 is an alternative orthographic view from the left side of FIG.182.

FIG. 184 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofFIG. 183 where (102) is a retaining ring on a slam grip that an objectcan be placed through and held in position with which has acorresponding retaining ring opposite of it on the grip.

FIG. 185 is an orthographic view from the front side of an assembly ofan object activatable slam grip body, FIG. 182, and with a cylindricalobject pushed through and held by retaining rings (102) where (103) is acylindrical object.

FIG. 186 is an alternative orthographic view from the left side of theassembly of FIG. 185.

FIG. 187 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofthe assembly of FIG. 185.

FIG. 188 is an alternative perspective view from front top left of theassembly of FIG. 185.

FIG. 189 is an alternative orthographic view from the top side of theassembly of FIG. 185.

FIG. 190 is an orthographic view from the left side of a dualindependently activated push and pull trigger system that fires with anycombinations of pulls and/or pushes where (104) is a hybrid transfer barand conventional trigger that's the same as a conventional trigger withthe addition of an interface that allows a push trigger to activate itand (105) is the empty space between the faces of the push and pulltriggers.

FIG. 191 is a perspective view from the front top left side of a thumbactivated push trigger where (106) is a top surface that could be madeto be a push or pull down lever for activating the system.

FIG. 192 is an alternative orthographic view from the top side of FIG.191.

FIG. 193 is an alternative orthographic view from the back side of FIG.191.

FIG. 194 is an alternative orthographic view from the left side of FIG.191 where (107) the thumb trigger has a long arm extending out to theshooter.

FIG. 195 is an alternative orthographic view from the front of FIG. 191where (108) is a surface that can be used to push the thumb trigger fromwithin the trigger guard area and (109) Is a surface for pushing on thethumb trigger with a thumb.

FIG. 196 is an alternative orthographic view from the bottom side ofFIG. 191.

FIG. 197 is an orthographic view from the front side of an assembly of ahammer, disconnector, and transfer bar, and thumb activated trigger ofFIGS. 4, 6, 40, and 191.

FIG. 198 is an alternative orthographic view from the left side of theassembly of FIG. 197.

FIG. 199 is an alternative perspective view from the front top left ofthe assembly of FIG. 197.

FIG. 200 is an alternative perspective view from the back bottom left ofthe assembly of FIG. 197.

FIG. 201 is an alternative perspective view from the front bottom rightof the assembly of FIG. 197.

FIG. 202 is an orthographic view from the front side of an assembly ofthe assembly of FIG. 197 and a slam grip body including a thumb triggershroud (110) and a notch allowing locking the slam grip in the forwardposition (112) where (110) is a shroud attached to the slam grip thatcovers the thumb activated trigger.

FIG. 203 is an alternative orthographic view from the left of theassembly of FIG. 202.

FIG. 204 is an alternative orthographic view from the back of theassembly of FIG. 202 where (111) is an opening in the shroud (110) thatleaves a small portion of thumb push surface exposed so that it can beactivated when the slam grip is in its forward position.

FIG. 205 is an alternative perspective view from the front top left theassembly of FIG. 202.

FIG. 206 is an alternative perspective view from the back top left ofFIG. 202 where (112) is a notch cut into the slam grip that allows thegrip to be locked by the slide lock in the forward position instead ofthe back position.

FIG. 207 is a slam grip like shown in FIG. 202, but with an enlargedshroud such that you must reach into the shroud to fire to push on thetrigger.

FIG. 208 is an alternative orthographic view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 209 is an alternative perspective view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 210 is an alternative orthographic view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 211 is an alternative orthographic view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 212 is an alternative orthographic view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 213 is an alternative perspective view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 214 is an alternative orthographic view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 215 is an alternative perspective view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 216 is an alternative perspective view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 217 is an alternative perspective view from the of FIG. 206.

FIG. 218 is an alternative perspective view from the of FIG. 206.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth inorder to provide a thorough understanding of the present embodiments. Itwill be apparent, however, to one having ordinary skill in the art thatthe specific detail need not be employed to practice the presentembodiments. In other instances, well-known materials or methods havenot been described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the presentembodiments. Reference throughout this specification to “oneembodiment”, “an embodiment”, “one example” or “an example” means that aparticular feature, structure or characteristic described in connectionwith the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment ofthe present embodiments. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in oneembodiment”, “in an embodiment”, “one example” or “an example” invarious places throughout this specification are not necessarily allreferring to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particularfeatures, structures or characteristics may be combined in any suitablecombinations and/or sub-combinations in one or more embodiments orexamples. In addition, it is appreciated that the figures providedherewith are for explanation purposes to persons ordinarily skilled inthe art and that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Embodiments in accordance with the present embodiments may beimplemented as an apparatus or method and accordingly, the presentembodiments may all generally be referred to herein as a “module” or“system.”

As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,”“including,” “has,” “having,” or any other variation thereof, areintended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process,article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is notnecessarily limited to only those elements but may include otherelements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, article, orapparatus.

Further, unless expressly stated to the contrary, “or” refers to aninclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example, a condition A or Bis satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and Bis false (or not present), A is false (or not present) and B is true (orpresent), and both A and B are true (or present).

Additionally, any examples or illustrations given herein are not to beregarded in any way as restrictions on, limits to, or expressdefinitions of any term or terms with which they are utilized. Instead,these examples or illustrations are to be regarded as being describedwith respect to one particular embodiment and as being illustrativeonly. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that any termor terms with which these examples or illustrations are utilized willencompass other embodiments which may or may not be given therewith orelsewhere in the specification and all such embodiments are intended tobe included within the scope of that term or terms. Language designatingsuch nonlimiting examples and illustrations includes, but is not limitedto: “for example,” “for instance,” “e.g.,” and “in one embodiment.”

FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 show, with no innovations, a side and two perspectiveviews of an example of a typical semi-automatic firearm receiver, alsoknown as a frame, from the left side FIG. 1, bottom right FIG. 2, andbottom left FIG. 3, with a receiver extension tube (5) that is threadedinto a tower structure in the receiver (9). The receiver extension tubein this particular firearm is needed for internal components to move andoperate, but also notably acts as a possible frame to attach a riflestock or other stabilizing device to. This example receiver shares muchin common with many modern semi-automatic firearms. Many other semi-autofirearm frames and receivers may not utilize a receiver extension tube,but may use a sturdy stock with or without an accompanying stock framethat serves the same purpose as the receiver extension tube in securinga stock or other contact point aid such as a cheek piece or stabilizingarm brace with or without the need to thread such stock or frame intothe receiver. This firearm is shown setup to receive very common typesof semi-automatic fire control group layouts with a hammer securedinside the receiver via a pin at (2), a trigger and disconnector securedvia pin at (6) down and to the right of the hammer pin hole from theleft side view, and an opening (3) in the receiver usually somewhereabove the trigger pin hole that will secure a safety selector that canbe toggled to put the firearm in safe, or ready to fire positionsutilizing at least two different positions. Many firearms have apermanently connected trigger guard, the example semi-auto receivershown has a removeable trigger guard (13) utilizing mounting point pinholes (7) and (12) to be secured to the gun. Many semi-automaticfirearms allow for a near vertical handgrip (8) that can be removedand/or replaced on the firearm. Some attach using panels via screws tothe side of a grip frame, this example has a feature for the user tosecure a removeable grip through a diagonally secured screw (10) througha threaded hole (14). Some semi-auto receiver frames are one centralpiece, this example firearm consists of a lower receiver that can attachto an upper receiver (not pictured) that holds other vital semi-autocomponents such as a barrel, locking lugs, bolt carrier group, returnsprings, and gas operating system and other components. This examplefirearm receiver known as the lower receiver will attach to an upperreceiver via removeable pins through pin holes in the front (1) and theback (4). A trigger opening (11) allows the trigger to extend out frominside the receive to outside the receiver into the trigger guard area.

Fires 4-19 show the main parts of an example typical semi-automaticfirearm's fire control group, presented without innovation. This exampleshows a typical fire control group layout that could be utilized in thesystem of innovations for this invention. The safety, FIG. 11 has acylindrical body with smooth outer diameters on both ends (20)(21) thatallow the safety to be placed through the safety hole and rest androtate with those ends on each side of the receiver. It also has a leverto assist in applying rotational force and the lever has a flat bottomwider than the cylinder to stop the safety from being over inserted inthe receiver. The hammer, FIG. 5, is secured via pin at position (2)inside the firearm receiver. The trigger, FIG. 8, is secured via pininside the firearm at position (6) which is also shared with thedisconnector, FIG. 6 all in line with the hammer. From the left sideview, the hammer is under pressure from the hammer spring, which wrapsaround the pin holding the hammer in place at (6) exerting a force torotate counter clockwise about, as viewed from the left. The trigger isunder pressure from trigger spring, which wraps around the pin holdingthe trigger to rotate clockwise about position (6). The disconnectorshares the same pin/pivot position as the trigger but rotatesindependently from the trigger. The disconnector fits in a channel inthe top of the trigger (17) and a small disconnector spring that fits ina spring channel (18) exerts pressure from the trigger onto thedisconnector spring face (16) which rotates the disconnector counterclockwise about position (6).

With the system at rest, as shown in FIG. 14, the trigger is pressuredto rotate clockwise and the hammer is pressured to rotate counterclockwise. The trigger has a sear face (28) that pushes into thehammer's locking face (27) so that neither can rotate as shown in FIG.16, an enlarged view of a marked section of FIG. 14. When the firearmuser pulls on the trigger pull face towards the rear of the firearm withtheir finger, it causes the trigger to rotate counter clockwise whichdrops the trigger sear face below the hammer's lock face. This newposition of FCG Assembly is shown in FIGS. 17-18. At this point thehammer has been released and will rotate counter clockwise to strike afiring pin starting the firing sequence of the firearm. A hammer is usedin this example, but the trigger could possibly also release a strikeror other mechanism that would lead to the firing of the firearm withmost of the operating mechanism remaining largely the same. Depending onthe semi-automatic firearm, gas pressure, inertia, or recoil or otherenergy source will cause the bolt carrier or similar mechanical deviceto travel rearward which pushes back on the hammer's strike face (24)rotating it clockwise from the left side view back towards it's startingposition. Eventually the hammer rotates clockwise far enough that it'shook faces (25) comes into contact with the hook faces (26) of thedisconnector. The hammer's hook faces push the disconnector to rotateclockwise until the disconnector's hook faces are cammed over thehammer's hook faces, at which point the disconnector spring forces thedisconnector to move counter clock wise and the disconnector hook facesslide over the hammer's hook faces which catches the hammer and locksthe hammer and disconnector together.

As the shooter releases pressure from their finger on the trigger pullface, the trigger starts to rotate clockwise. The trigger disconnectorchannel (17) has a curved cam surface (19) near its front that will pushup on the disconnector's lever surface (16) which causes thedisconnector to rotate counter clockwise releasing it from the hammer.The geometry of the hammer and disconnector hook faces are such that bythe time the hammer is released from the disconnector, it can start torotate counter clockwise toward striking the firing pin. The triggersear face (28) is above the hammer lock face (27) and the hammer rotatescounter clockwise a very short rotation until it locks into its restingposition against the sear and the whole system is at rest and ready tobe shot again. The safety selector FIG. 11 at this point can be toggledto its safe position where cams block the trigger from moving counterclockwise preventing the gun from being able to be shot, or kept in thefire position or other positions that allow the system to be fired.Other possible safety mechanisms could be used in lieu of the examplesafety operating principles, FIG. 11.

FIGS. 20-28 show an example of a novel push trigger, FIG. 20, that canbe facilitated by the addition of a new pin hole to semi-automaticfirearms, in this example, by use of a novel trigger guard, FIG. 22,that is a frame for the new hole. The trigger guard is an example of aninnovative removeable trigger guard that adds a new pin hole (31) for apush style trigger for a semi-automatic firearm and like the exampletrigger guard (13) shown in FIG. 3, can be installed as the triggerguard. In this example, the trigger guard is pinned in to place at androtated about [9] and secured by pin at [8] resulting in a finishedposition shown attached to a receiver like FIG. 1 in the view of FIG.24. A new style of “push trigger” like FIG. 20 can be inserted inbetween the tines (32) of the trigger guard, FIG. 23, where a pin ispushed through the new hole (31) securing the new push trigger in place.Example rotating push trigger, FIG. 20, is a rotating style trigger withrounded push face that works by using a trigger activating device suchas a finger, body part, or object to push into the trigger on the pushface (30) towards the front of the firearm. This push movement is asopposed to a non-innovative or traditional trigger like FIG. 9 that ispulled towards the rear of the gun. This rotating trigger could have alever (29) or other mechanical device that interacts with a transfertrigger like FIG. 25. The transfer trigger can be very similar to atraditional or non-innovative trigger, but includes at least oneadditional feature that interacts with a push style trigger, likelylocated in front of the transfer trigger. This particular push triggerlever FIG. 20, shown at rest in in the view of the assembled hammer,disconnector, transfer trigger, and rotating push trigger in FIG. 27 andthe enlarged view of the sear/hammer relationship in FIG. 28 marked fromFIG. 27, will fit into or over a cavity such as the transfer triggercavity (33) or a ledge, surface, other feature such that when pressureis applied to the push surface of the example rotating push triggershown in FIG. 20, the lever (29) rotates down hitting the surface insidethe cavity (33), which also pushes the sear surface down throughdownwards via rotational movements until it gets to its new positionshown in FIG. 29 and in FIG. 30, an enlarged view marked from FIG. 29,releasing the hammer, striker, or activating any other firing mechanismwhich starts the firing sequence of the firearm. A trigger spring willpush the sear face and example transfer trigger surface (33) back upwhich pushes the push trigger lever back up returning the push triggerback to its rest position, FIG. 27. The push trigger FIG. 20 is shown asbeing curved, but can also have a flat push surface such as FIG. 31. Thereplacement trigger guard can also just simply be parts that snaptogether over the firearm and/or existing trigger guard serving the samepurpose. The perspective view of FIG. 33 shows how the push trigger canreach into the transfer trigger and FIG. 44 shows the assembly of FIG.24 with the push trigger added.

FIGS. 35-51 show an example of an alternative to the rotating pushtrigger where the push trigger has directional movement versusrotational movement. The example directional push trigger FIG. 35 isshown in FIG. 38 at rest, from a left side view. The example directionalpush trigger moves in the direction of the elongated pin slot (37) withthe trigger having been fitted by pin into the same new pin hole (31)from FIG. 22 where the trigger moves directionally only towards thefront of the barrel of the firearm when pushed, and moves back towardsthe rear of the gun when released. The directional push trigger has acam face arm or similar mechanical feature that reaches through atrigger port of the receiver and fits in with or into a transfer triggerlike the example transfer bar trigger FIG. 40 which is mounted in thereceiver via pin through the pin hole. The example transfer trigger hasa cam surface (39) which in this example is a rounded extrusion or pinwhere cam surface (34) of the example push trigger slides into thedirectional transfer trigger and interacts with the cam surface (39). Inthis example, when pressure is applied by the user's finger, body part,or other device against the push face (36), the directional push of thepush trigger forward toward the front of the gun also moves cam surface(34) in the same direction forward. As the cam surface (34) movesforward in contact with cam surface (39), it rotates the transfertrigger counter clockwise, moving the sear surface down relative to thehammer. When the directional push trigger system has been moved farenough to reach the position illustrated in view FIG. 43 and FIG. 44,the hammer or striker has been released from the sear and will continuethe firing sequence of the firearm. When pressure on the push face islessened or released, pressure from a trigger spring will rotate thetransfer trigger clockwise about the trigger pin which pushes camsurface (39) up into cam surface (34) which pushes the directional pushtrigger back into its rest position and the system is reset and ready tobe activated again. Surfaces like (38) which will rest against thereceiver or other body and surfaces like (34), (39), (35), and (40)which interact with each other will prevent lateral directional pushtrigger from rotating about the pin, in the new pin hole in the triggerguard area which it is connect to, while it translates directionally viathe elongated pin slot back and forth during operation of the firearmand invention system.

A foam padding like FIG. 45 or padding of any suitable construction canbe applied to any of the push trigger surfaces, possibly with anadhesive backing (41), as depicted in view FIG. 48 to make shootingwhile using the invention system more comfortable while using a fingeror body part as the trigger activator.

The features of the translating push trigger can be incorporateddirectly into the sliding grip, described later, to remove the need forthat trigger as a part in the system.

FIGS. 52-75 show an example of a slam stock assembly and depictsexamples of components that would work for the invention and itssystems. FIG. 52 shows a firearm receiver and extension tube equippedwith the push trigger system like the example covered earlier in FIG. 27and a grip screw. FIG. 53 and FIG. 55 are an example of a slam gripwhich can be used by itself, and FIGS. 54 and 56 is an example of aUnified Slam Stock body that could work. These are meant to be able toslide back and forth and this embodiment of the Unified Slam Stock bodyincludes a lug (42) that can be used to limit travel movement when thefront hits a fit object and/or the rear hits a fixed object in thesystem when sliding. Such a lug or similar interface could be on thegrip, stock, or both portions of the sliding bodies. The Unified SlamStock Body could be divided into two or more parts, including a SlamGrip and Slam Stock and then connected together permanently as in beingwelded, epoxied, glued, melded, etc. together, or mechanically attachedthrough pins, latches, joints, etc. It could have been molded ormachined as a single piece as well. The grip could feature a female railslot (43) to be made to only move back and forth linearly. The UnifiedSlam Stock body [05 b] can be slid over the receiver extension tube likethrough an opening (44) or with rails for an appropriate other stockframe connected to the receiver and then for additional support can beslid over a railed grip plug FIG. 59 which in this example has a squarerail (45) that interacts with a female rail slot (44) in the Slam Grip Afinger, body part, or object is utilized as a trigger activator andplaced towards the front of the Slam Grip in a way that it is in frontof the push trigger push face and the firearm user will hold the firearmsteady while pushing on the Unified Slamstock Body, Slam Grip [07 a]and/or Slam Stock [08 a] such that the trigger activator is pushed intothe trigger push face starting the firing sequence of the firearm. Theunified Slam Stock body slides back and forth directionally along axisof its mounting body(s) which as shown here are an extension tube andgrip plug.

This example receiver, FIG. 52, has an integral threaded grip nut thatfits through inside the inside of the grip plug slot (46). In thisexample, the grip plug is secured to the receiver via a grip screw fedthrough the bottom of the grip plug through a diagonal hole (47) intothe threaded grip nut of the receiver. FIGS. 64-67 show the sample gripplug without the screw coming through the diagonal hole. FIG. 64 showsthe plane moving down the middle from front to back for the cutaway FIG.65 where you can see the diagonal hole more clearly. Other methods ofattaching the grip plug can be adapted to various other firearm designsincluding using specialized grip panels that attach to the sides offixed grip frames, etc.

A limiter device such as this example limiter FIG. 69 is used torestrict the movement and travel distance of the unified Slam Stockbody, both forward and rearward. It uses a clamp body (48) that holdshooks (49) where the clamp body slides over the extension tube or stockframe or is placed ahead of the Slam Stock and secured in place whichlimits the unified Slam Stock Body's forward movement and then the hooksprotrude out from the clamp body and can catch onto the lugs (42) in theSlam Stock to prevent it from travelling any farther back by the rear ofthe lugs hitting the hooks and the front of the lugs running into theclamp bodies (48). The importance of a limiter is to limit the pressurefrom being applied to the trigger push face by the activator. Forexample, some conventional triggers can be rated for pulls of 5-12 lbsof force. They've been designed to be pulled by the relatively weakfingers where maximum pull strength of the associated finger muscles andtendons involved are not too much more than the trigger pull weight. Inthe case of the invention system, major muscles are being used from themore massive body parts such as the arm, chest, and shoulders whereforces could possibly exceed 100 lbs of pressure. With a conventionaland non-innovative trigger, in most cases you're using the fleshyportion of the underside of a finger to pull on the trigger which actsas a natural padding and shock absorber. When using a finger as theactivator in the systems of this invention, you'll likely be using thebony and trim top surface of the finger for pushing against the trigger.Pads like the foam pad that was shown in FIG. 45 will surely preventsome discomfort, but if you can slam a finger too far into the triggeror with enough force, it can still result in serious pain or injury. So,the user will necessarily need to be able to adjust the forward movementof the unified Slam Stock body so that over travel into the push triggeris prevented and limiting rearward travel so that the stock body doesn'tfall off of the firearm is also helpful and this example of a limiter isone such way of achieving those goals. FIGS. 72-74 are alternate viewsof a stripped lower receiver showing the assembly of the grip plug onthe receiver. FIG. 75 shows FIGS. 52-74 assembled together withmiscellaneous other parts previously covered for reference.

FIGS. 76-84 are alternate views of FIG. 53, an example of a Slam Gripportion of a Unified Slam Stock body. The Slam Grip contains a hollowedinside body (50), as can be seen in FIG. 76, that can wrap around thegrip plug and the trigger guard region of a firearm. This particularexample of a slam grip also has the female slot that interacts with therail of the grip plug. Other versions of a Slam Grip are possible, thisis just one version. A common feature to most is some featureprovisioned to allow or assist a trigger activator such as a finger,body part, or object to interact with the push face of a push trigger.This Example Slam Grip features a ledge (51) that the shooters fingercan wrap across. There is at least one such ledge on each slam grip, butit could also be designed as shown with two such ledges, one on the leftand one on the right. The finger can be draped across just one suchledge, but can be draped across both such ledges to act as the triggeractivator where draping the finger across both ledges gives the highestchance of the finger activating the trigger. The feature of a rail orguide system aiding in preventing rotation of the slam grip and unifiedslam stock body will be common, where the slam stock systems are onlymeant to be directional in one linear dimension towards the front andback of the firearm in line or parallel with the barrel.

FIGS. 85-89 show more views of the Slam Stock body that could work forthe inventions system and FIG. 90 is a full assembly of the entiresystem. An opening in the front of the stock body allows the slam stockbody to slide over the receiver extension tube or a stock frame, untilit is stopped by the limiter which in this example is clamped to thetube. This particular example is meant to be made as one piece with theSlam Grip but is pictured separate for detail and would be connected atthe t-spine face (52) of the slide stock body with the rear of a slamgrip. There are other ways to increase strength of the connecting bridgebetween the end of the slam stock body and the grip frame, but a t-spineis used here because of it's thin, light, and mechanically strongsupport cross-section.

FIGS. 91 and 92 are perspective views of the assembly in FIG. 90. FIGS.93-100 show the clamp on example limiter system in more detail. FIGS.93-96 are the bare two half bodies of the clamp shown from the left sidewith projected views around it. This particular example of a limiter isshown as a bolt-on clamp where friction holds the device in place acrossand along the receiver extension tube The limiter in this example has atop and bottom where screws are used to tighten the bottom to the topand hold them against the receiver extension tube, locking the limiterin place on the tube through friction, where. The lower body has twoholes (53) that hooks can slide into. The back-side face (((((54) of thelimiter stops the forward travel of the stock body. FIGS. 97-100 show anassembly of the clamp bodies on the receiver extension tube, and thescrews and hooks. The hooks can be adjusted for length and are securedin place in this example by friction via set screws under the bottomlimiter body. The hooks have a stop surface (55) which interact with thestop surface of the lugs of the slam stock body. These hooks can beadjusted for length to allow greater or lesser possible rearward travelof the stock body or even lock the stock system into zero allowablemovement and prevents the stock body and firearm from sliding off ofeach other. The limiter can take many shapes and forms, but function isto limit either forward, rearward, or both forward and rearward traveland can be integral to another component of the system or built inanother way such as a quick release clamp, series of locking andselectable solid steps, etc. and while this example used hooks as therearward stop, the rearward stop can take many forms as well including asecond separate limiter or feature built into another component of thesystem.

FIGS. 101-108 are alternate views of FIG. 76, a non-innovative receiver;FIGS. 109-112 are a non-innovative safety for the receiver; FIGS.113-116 are a non-innovative safety detent for the receiver; FIG. 117 isa spring for the safety detent; FIG. 118 is an assembly of anon-innovative buffer detent for the receiver and shown with a spring;and FIGS. 119-121 are more views of the buffer detent. FIG. 102 is shownas a mirror image across the back side of FIG. 101. FIG. 105 is anenlarged view marked in FIG. 103 from the cross section marked in FIG.101 and shows a cylindrical cavity (56) that's used to house a bufferdetent. FIG. 106 is an enlarged view of the area marked in FIG. 104 ofthe cross section marked in FIG. 102 and it shows a two section throughhole (57) that a safety detent will fit into. The safety, FIG. 109, isshown from the left hand side in it's ready to fire vertical position. Asafety detent is inserted into the safety through hole and is fed intocontact with the detent cam path (58) feature of the safety which has atleast two lobes (59) along the path that can lock the detent and safetyinto a particular position. In this case, the two positions 90 degreesapart representing safe and ready to fire and there is a flat section(60) cut across the safety that allows room for the trigger to rotateenough to release when in this position. The safety detent spring willbe locked into the receiver from the bottom of the detent through holeby items like the grip or grip plug. The spring pressures the detentinto the lobes locking the safety in a position by friction. The usercan toggle the switch, and with enough rotational force applied to thesafety, the lobe will cam the detent downwards and into the detent campath and the user can continue to rotate the safety into its nextposition where the detent is pushed into the next lobe locking thesafety into the next position. This particular example firearm has amechanical device called a buffer (not pictured) that under springpressure from rear of extension tube moves linearly in alignment withthe barrel. It needs to be held in place inside the receiver extensiontube and it is held in place with a buffer detent, FIG. 118. The bufferdetent has a cavity (64) that a buffer detent spring (63) is fit intoand both the buffer detent and its spring are inserted into the blindbuffer detent hole in the receiver. The receiver extension tube isinserted and turned into the threaded tower of the receiver until it canno longer move forward without running into the buffer detent pin stop(61) where surface (62) pushes against the front bottom side of edgeedge of the receiver extension tube.

FIGS. 122-132 are an example of another possible layout of the slamstock system but built around an innovative Slam Receiver firearmreceiver frame that could make several components of the semi-automaticslam fire system integral to the receiver or frame or better implementthe system in general versus using only external parts to convert afirearm to use the system. FIGS. 122-128 show a stripped Slam Receiver;FIGS. 129 and 130 are views of just the slam grip portion, FIG. 131shows a modified receiver extension for this example of a Slam Receiversystem, and FIG. 132 is an example assembly of a complete Slam Receiversystem. The stripped Slam Receiver is an example of how a receiver withvarious components of the invention's system could work when madeintegral with the receiver. It could share many features in common withexisting semi-automatic firearm receivers and frames and the examplefirearm receiver Similarities could include the placement of a hammerpin hole, trigger pin hole, safety opening, front and rear pin, athreaded tower, and new pin hole for the push triggers that would negatethe need for a removeable trigger guard acting as a frame for that hole.This example Slam Receiver also has a slide lock opening (65) forfeatures that would negate the need for at least part of the clamp onslide limiting system, its own version of a safety detent hole (72), anda detent passage for the slide lock (73). The new Grip frame has slidelugs (81); a t-spine rear profile instead of being a flat black and thatmates with a corresponding slotted grip passage (78), and a catch tower(77) that could also help to mostly replace the need for an externallimiter like described in Page 9, where the example slam grip and thenew example slide stock body (84) are attached as part of the newunified slam stock body, is slid into place with the receiver by havingthe sliding lugs pass through the outside of the opening (67) on theleft side and opening (69) on the right side of the receiver where oncethe slide lugs have passed into the trigger guard area (70), the wholeunified slide stock assembly can be lifted up and the catch tower movesinto the catch cavity (76) of the example slam receiver and t-spine fitsinto the spine passage (75) of the example slam receiver. The threadedgrip nut area of the prior reviewed example receiver and the priorreviewed grip plug are removed from this example of the invention systemand the grip attachment area (78) and that area now interacts directlybetween the example slam receiver and the example slam receiver gripframe and it's hollow (82). When the unified slam stock body has beenset into its correct position relative to the slam receiver, thecylindrical receiver extension tube is passed through the slide stockopening and threaded into the receiver tower. At this point, the unifiedslam stock body has now been locked into its vertical up and downposition and rotational axis relative to the firearm, but can movelinearly front to rear along the same axis as the receiver tube. Theslide lugs fit into the slide lug recess (66) of the receiver whichprovides support preventing the unified slam stock body from rotatingabout the axis of the extension tube, and also acts as a limiterpreventing the unified slam stock body from travelling any farther backthan the reach of the recess. The catch surfaces (71), (80), and (83) ofthe grip frame interact with contact the surfaces in the catch cavitywhich acts as a maximum possible movement limiter for both forward andrearward travel of the unified slam stock body. The forward catchsurfaces need not be identical. The flat ledge (68) of the grip areaextends down from the safety opening as well as the safety detent hole.The safety detent hole's path upwards is seen starting at the bottom ofthe grip area ledge and terminating where it extends into the receiver'ssafety opening. The trigger guard (71) on this example receiver is fixedin place but could just as well be made to be removeable withcorresponding alterations.

FIGS. 133-138 show additional alternative views of a slam receivercompatible slam grip. FIGS. 139-142 show some detents used in thesystem, and FIGS. 143-151 show a slide lock that can be added to thesystem that installs and rotates in similar way as the safety allowingor restricting movement of slam grip and slam stock bodies. FIGS. 134and 135 are crosssection views of the grip frame cut in half to a rightand left side. FIGS. 136 and 138 are alternative perspective viewsallowing us to see better in the grip. The internal flat surface (85) ofthe slam receiver grip frame, despite being a moving surface, covers thesafety detent hole in its fixed position to block its detents and springfrom falling out. FIGS. 139-142 show detents and detent springs usedwith this receiver. One way to make the safety detent system work inthis example receiver setup is to use two detents (86) and (88) facingopposite directions with safety detent spring (87) sitting between them.The top detent is being pushed by spring pressure into the safety asdescribed in the prior example, and the bottom detent is getting pushedthrough the bottom of the safety detent hole into the flat internalhorizontal of the grip which slides along parallel with thecorresponding flat surface of the receiver. Both detents are locked inplace by being sandwiched between the internal horizontal flat ledge ofthe slam grip on one side and the safety with the spring sandwichedbetween the two detents and exerting pressure on both in oppositedirections. When the unified slam stock body is positioned and locked inplace from moving up and down vertically, the bottom detent drags alongflat surface as the grip moves back and forth while the firearm isoperated. FIG. 142 shows the slide lock's detent (90) and spring (89)added to the system that's placed through the detent hole from the rearof the receiver. The detent points towards the rear of the receiver andis placed through the hole backwards with spring backing up against thesafety and pushing the detent into the slide lock when the slide lock isplaced into the receiver. A longer than normal buffer tube detent isshown in FIG. Because a lot of material is removed internally to fit thegrip, the buffer tube detent uses the slide lock to keep it in place andmust be longer so the bottom of the detent can't come more than halfwayup the slide lock. FIG. 143 is an example slide lock that could be usedin this invention system pictured in its released position, in thecenter, from the left side, with views projected out from that in thecenter comprising the rest of FIGS. 143-151. The slide lock in thisexample has a near identical detent cam path (91) and detent cam lobes(92) as the safety. In this example a detent is identical to safetydetent is used to lock the slide lock into a particular rotationalselection position. With the safety not yet installed in the receiver,the slide lock detent and slide lock detent spring are fed horizontallythrough the slide lock detent passage until the detent no longerobstructs the slide lock opening. The spring and detent will not slideout the safety opening. The slide lock is then slid into place from theleft side of the receiver towards the right side. This particular slidelock example is made for one sided operation, but an ambidextrousversion is possible. When the safety is also installed, the slide lockdetent spring will rest on the smooth face of the safety in contact withthe safety opening on the left side of the receiver. A small ballbearing can be placed at the end of the spring to reduce friction on thesafety by the spring. At that point, spring pressure is going to forcethe detent into the cam path and lock into the lobes to secure the slidelock in a particular rotational position and selection. There are twopositions and selections for this particular example slide lock. One islocked, and the second is released. Slide lock is shown in the releasedposition. The slide lock has two catch release ledges, one on the left(93) and one on the right (94) sides to the slam grip's correspondingcatch surfaces on its catch tower. When the slide lock is in itsreleased position, the catch release ledges are horizontal and thevertical catch surfaces of the slam grip's catch tower can pass rightunder them until they run into the slam receiver's catch cavitysurfaces. If the grip is pulled and slid towards the rear of the gun,the firearm user can rotate this example of a slide lock 90 degreescounter clockwise after applying enough pressure to cam the detent.After the 90 degree rotation, the slide lock's catch release surfaceswill be vertical and parallel with [the vertically oriented catchsurfaces of the slam grip's catch tower and squeezes into them and theslam grip's rear catch surface is squeezed into the rear of the catchcavity of the slam receiver such that the grip will be locked in place,unable to move forward or backward. At this point, the user can stillpush on the trigger and fire the gun so long as the safety is in fireposition, however the user cannot use the sliding function of the slamfire system in firing the weapon. When the user wishes to put slide lockback into the released position, they need simply to rotate the slidelock 90 degrees clock wise and the slide function of the slam firesystem is restored. Because of the depth of the detent cam path in thisexample, the slide lock would likely not be adequately secured fromfalling out the side of the firearm from just the detent. The elongatedbuffer detent could be used with its accompanying buffer detent springand inserted what would be the buffer detent hole on the non-innovativereceiver and in through the slide lock's buffer detent path. In metalmachining, the buffer detent passage could start out much like the blindhole of the non-innovative receiver but with a deeper bottom and thenthe slide lock opening into the receiver is machined through much of thethe detent hole that had already been machined. When the slide lock isinstalled in the receiver in any correct selection position, the bufferdetent can be dropped through the top of the slam receivers bufferdetent passage where the top part of the buffer detent ends up beingcompletely surrounded by the receiver, and then towards the middle andbottom of the buffer detent, the detent fits jointly into the slide lockbuffer detent path (95) on one side and the buffer detent passage andreceiver on the opposite side. On this particular example, the slidelock buffer detent path is offset 6 degrees to match the cant of thebuffer detent passage, and extends 270 degrees around the slide lock sothat there is a 180 degree opening when the slide lock is in aparticular position, and then an additional 90 degrees so that when theslide lock is rotated 90 degrees to the next position, there's still a180 degree channel holding the buffer detent in place. This possibledesign for a slide lock would satisfy the needed buffer detent passagefor this particular example firearm receiver and the buffer detent wouldalso serve to lock the slide lock from being able to fall out the sideof the firearm receiver. There are several ways to achieve theobjectives of the slide lock to lock the slam stock system in place,this is just one such design. Previously we showed how the examplelimiter [09 a] clamp on limiter with hooks had hooks that could beadjusted to prevent any movement forward or rearward of the unified slamstock body. Other designs could move the slide lock to an externallocation outside of the receiver, or be incorporated into the safetysuch that the safety fills the role of the slide lock and safety andcould use other methods of performing the lockup.

FIGS. 152-159 are more alternate views of the stripped with variouscross-sections exposed to better show internal features. FIG. 152 markstwo cross-sections. A line that vertically splits the safety detent holein half along the axis of the slide lock detent passage and then cutsout the right side of the model before the end of the receiver's firecontrol group pocket marks the cross-section view shown in FIGS. 153 and154. A line parallel with that mark also rights on the opposite side ofthe receiver flush with narrowest part of the slam receiver's left sidelug opening into the trigger guard area and then cuts out the left sideof the receiver before the end of the receivers fire control grouppocket and marks the cross-section views shown in FIGS. 155 and 156. Wecan see the safety detent passage leading from the flat slide surface onthe right side of the slam receiver and terminating into the safetyopening hole. A vertically running rounded male catch surface (96) isvisible in FIG. 154 that correlates with a corresponding female roundedcatch surface on the slam grip that limits travel of the slam grip andslam stock bodies. In FIG. 155, a vertically running flat catch surface(97) can be seen on the slam receivers left side inside of the catchcavity of the receiver. A similar surface is on the right side and thecorrelate with the vertical flat surface on the front of the slam grip'scatch tower to limit maximum forward motion. FIG. 157 marks the crosssection for FIGS. 158 and 159 that splits the receiver equally down thecenter of the receiver from front to back. The buffer detent entranceopening (98) and the buffer detent hole bottom (99) are visible fromFIGS. 158 and 159.

FIGS. 160-164 show an example of a slam stock portion of a slam receivercompatible unified slam stock body. the slam stock body's opening (100)that goes from the rear coming out the front towards the front of thegun. If the hole was made slightly oversized, ribs (101) could be addedthe length of the hole that minimize surface area contact and frictionwith the receiver extension tube for the slam stock to slide back andforth on and increasing reliability of the system. FIGS. 165-168 show anexample limiter that can be clamped onto the receiver tube in front ofthe stock body to fine tune the amount of forward travel possible by theunified slam stock body. While the particular slam receiver being shownin this context has been shown with internal limiting features, finetuning the forward movement still ensures that too much pressure is notplaced on the trigger which can cause damage to the firearm componentsand/or pain and injury in the case the trigger activator being used is afinger or body part. Particularly since human finger sizes can changedrastically from person to person or with or without gloves, etc. Thisparticular example limiter is shown as a two piece bolt on clamp thatclamps on to the tube via friction and is secured by the bolts. However,various quick release lever clamp mechanisms including clam shelldesigns or integral mechanical feature modifications to the receiver,stock body, and/or stock frame could achieve the same purpose.

FIGS. 169-171 are alternate perspective views of FIG. 132, the completeslam receiver slam stock system. FIGS. 172-178 are more alternate viewsof FIG. 132, the complete slam receiver slam stock system. FIG. 172marks the cross-section for FIG. 176 which cuts through the middle ofthe safety detents. FIG. 173 marks the cross-section of FIG. 177 whichcuts down the middle of the firearm including the buffer detent, and italso marks the cross section of FIG. 174 which cuts along the exampleslide lock detent. Springs are omitted.

FIGS. 178-189 show more possible design and feature variations of slamstock and slam grip bodies. FIGS. 178-180 are an example of astabilizer, that while not a stock, serves the same purpose of the slamstock bodies and in the invention system, just that it is not intendedto be shouldered. This device is a stabilizer where weight to the rearhelps stabilize the firearm which is front heavy and/or allows for theshooter to rest their cheek against the stabilizer, but the length ofthe device and surface area of rear are not designed for shouldering.This example shows that the slam stock bodies are applicable to morethan just stocks. Other variations could include integrating an armstabilizing brace instead of a rifle stock. These alternative slam stockbodies would be useful to place on firearms that are not considered“rifles” under statute, but that may be considered a pistol or othermiscellaneous firearm that cannot have a rifle stock while under suchlegal classifications. FIGS. 181-183 show an example of another type ofdesign the grip frames can take on, whereas other grip frames could haveledges to place a finger across partially or wholly, this example designhas a retaining feature (102), in this case a hole, that either afinger, body part, or physical object can be placed through to act asthe trigger activator. FIGS. 185-189 show an example of how a physicalobject activator (103), in this case a cylinder, can be placed in thepath of the trigger to act as the trigger activator. Alternativeobject-based trigger activators could be a mechanical feature suck as aspike, ledge, edge, surface, cam, lobe, or any number of appropriatephysical features that could be used to press into the trigger.

FIG. 190 shows an example of a possible dual trigger setup. Thisparticular trigger system is very similar to the example trigger systemin the assembly of FIG. 27 with the same push trigger, hammer,disconnector, and springs (not shown) but with hybrid transfer trigger(104) which combines the features of the example transfer bar triggerwith an example traditional trigger like shown in FIG. 8. The hybridtransfer trigger contains the appropriate features to be activated bythe push trigger, but has its own pull face surface to activate thetransfer trigger directly without the push trigger. In this setup, whenyou push forward on your grip frame or unified slam stock body, itpushes the activator into the push trigger and when you release thetrigger and move back to the neutral position you started, as the user,you have the option to push forward again to shoot, or you could pullback on the grip frame to pull the trigger activator into the hybridtrigger. At any point once the trigger system is reset, you have theoption of pushing forward or pulling back to fire the weapon includingcontinuing to push forward and pull back repeatedly. This is just one ofmany possible examples of a dual trigger setup where there must beappropriate space in between triggers area (105) to fit the triggeractivator and allow for a reset of the trigger system before pushing orpulling again.

FIGS. 191-206 show an example thumb pushed trigger that is based on thedirectional push like FIGS. 20 and 35, but that are thumb activated. Thethumb pushed triggers can utilize the same overall mechanism with thedifference is that the directional push trigger has been replaced with athumb activated push trigger that has a long arm (107) extending out ofthe trigger guard area of the receiver and extends back towards the gripwhere the user could use their thumb to press on push surface (109) toactivate the trigger. It is shown here with a directional push triggerstyle setup like FIG. 35 but the arm could just as easily be adapted tothe rotational push trigger system like FIG. 35 where you′d be able topress into the thumb push surface or push down on (106) the top surfaceof the extended arm to rotate and activate the trigger and fire thefirearm. It is shown here in a right-handed configuration, but could beadapted to left hand, or even ambidextrous use. As an example of what'spossible, as presented in this example, if a ledge or surface (108) wereextruded down from the trigger system near where it would drop out ofthe trigger hole in the receiver, then the user could both push on thetrigger with their right thumb on the left side of the grip, or movetheir index finger in from the right side of the grip to activate thetrigger with their index finger from within the trigger guard area.FIGS. 197-201 show an assembly of a thumb activated push trigger with atransfer trigger bar, disconnector, and hammer.

FIGS. 202-206 show how a grip frame could be altered to compliment thethumb push trigger system. It has a shroud (110) that acts like asecondary trigger guard with an opening (111) that the long arm fitsthrough so that the grip can continue to slide back and forth during theslam fire operations without the grip bumping the trigger itself. Theuser's thumb can be placed on ledge while also wholly or partially coverthe opening from the rear such that each time the grip frame and/orunified stock body is pushed forward the thumb contacts push surface andactivates the trigger without the need for a separate movement of thethumb itself. The slide lock catch release surfaces of the slam grip inthis example could be used to lock the grip to the rear using the slidelock, but a new carve out locking feature (112) could be utilized toalso lock the grip forward. In this case, it would be advantageous tolock the slam grip forward as opposed to rearward so that you couldmanually use your thumb to activate the thumb push trigger surfacewhereas if the grip were locked to the rear, the shroud would blockaccess to the push trigger surface. An adjustable length of pull thumbtrigger is a possibility to customize the fit for individual shooters.

FIGS. 207-218 show the possibility of an extended shroud (113) thatcould be placed on the thumb grip frame to further protect the thumbtrigger from being activated by the accidental or unintentionalintrusion of external objects including extending out the thumb restledge and extending the shroud opening forward and rearward and coveringvarious sides of it to prevent intrusions. FIG. 211 near the center isshown from the left side, and projections are made from the middleoutwards to show different views of the shroud.

The system may be purpose built as a novel firearm or may be a system orset of components to convert an existing semi-auto or self-loadingfirearm to use the invention system. The components of push triggers,sliding bodies, locks, limiters, and other components mentioned herethat comprise the invention system and systems to allow semi-automaticfirearms to be slam fired using major muscles as opposed to fine motorskills may be separable from each other. Major design parameters of thesystem were described here, but countless variations are possible. Forinstance, slam grip bodies could be designed around many types of needsfor people with different disabilities, or the slam grip could beremoved completely in favor or just slamming the stock directly. Aremoveable trigger guard containing a necessary pin hole for someexamples of a push trigger was discussed and it relied on existing pinslots of an example receiver to install, however bolt on trigger guardbodies like it could achieve the same effect, or a component containingthe new pin hole could just be welded or otherwise permanently affixedto an existing firearm.

The components of the system can be made from appropriate metal,polymer, and other materials, either machined, forged, molded, orfabricated with other appropriate manufacturing techniques.

Individual components need not be separate parts. Features could becombined into other parts that serve the same purpose, and could be madeintegral to the receiver frame instead of existing outside the frame orvice versa.

Rotating transfer triggers have been used, but they can be changed toalso be directional transfer triggers. For instance the push trigger canbe designed to be pushed which causes a directional movement such thatthe hammer or striker is mechanically released for firing.

Besides interacting with hammers or stikers strikers, the push triggerscan also be used to activate an electric or electronic firing device orany other type of firing device. Rather than just a single transfertrigger, multiple transfer triggers could be utilized in the push orpull sequence.

1- A firearm push trigger comprising a trigger that is mounted to afirearm designed to be held and shot off-hand with a push face placed infront of a grip that is pushed towards the muzzle to fire a self-loadingfirearm. 2- A trigger of claim 1 that's push face is placed to a side ofthe shooting hand grip. 3- A trigger of claim 1 that has an extensionthat moves from in front of the grip rearwards and to the side such thata thumb of a hand holding the grip can push into the trigger. 4- Atrigger of claim 4 that's extension is a lever that needs to be presseddown upon 5- A set of independent push and pull triggers to fire afirearm comprising a trigger that can be pushed towards the muzzle tofire the firearm and a separate independent trigger that can be pulledaway from the muzzle to fire the firearm. 6- A push forward to fireself-loading firearm assembly comprising a rear section of the firearmthat is separate from a front section of a firearm where the sectionscan slide backwards and forwards in relation to each other and where thesection that contains the barrel is the front section and the sectionthat does not contain the barrel is the rear section, a trigger mountedto a section that can be pushed towards the muzzle by an actuatorwithout the need for an independent action of the actuator, to fire thegun when the two sections are pushed towards each other by the operator,and when the sections are retracted from each other the actuator canalso withdraw from the trigger allowing the trigger to be reset to itsstarting position. 7- An assembly of claim 6 where the actuator and thetrigger are the same part. 8- An assembly of claim 6 where the actuatoris a digit of the body 9- An assembly of claim 7 where the digit is athumb 10- A receiver of the firearm of claim 6 that is purpose maderather than converted to facilitate mounting and accepting partsnecessary for the firearm of claim 6 to achieve its counter directionalmovement of sections that allow a trigger to be pushed forward andfiring the gun. 11- A toggle mounted on a firearm part for a firearm ofclaim 6 comprising a blocking edge that when toggled into a positiondoes not block the rear section of the firearm from movinglongitudinally in relation to the front section of the firearm and whentoggled into another position does block the rear section of the firearmfrom moving longitudinally in relation to the front section of thefirearm. 12- A receiver mounted toggle of claim 11 for receiver of claim10. 13- A trigger for a firearm comprising a button or bar that ispushed in a straight line in the direction of the barrel towards thefirearm muzzle by a thumb. 14- A trigger guard that is placed on anexisting firearm to allow a mounting point for a trigger that can bepushed forward to fire the gun. 15- An attachment that attaches to anexisting firearm that functions as the trigger guard of claim 14.